Don’t worry, you’re not really dead, Facebook just thinks you are. Or at least the social network thought you were dead for a brief period on Friday. It turns out it was just a bug, and everyone who was previously alive is alive once more. Huzzah!

Thanks to what Facebook is describing as a “terrible error”, millions of people were reliably informed they had died. This occurred yesterday (Friday, November 11), when Facebook users who were very much alive and well had the following message added to the top of their profile:

“We hope people who love [name] will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate [his/her] life.”

I guess we should take some solace in the fact that even Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was flagged as having died. Which likely sped up the process of fixing the issue. And to be fair to Facebook, the company issued an apology for making such a dumb mistake in the first place, saying:

“For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialized profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts. This was a terrible error that we have now fixed. We are very sorry that this happened and we worked as quickly as possible to fix it.”

Were you flagged on Facebook as having died? If so, what was your immediate response to the bad news? Did you see the banner message on anyone else’s profiles? Did you panic or just assume it was an honest mistake? Please let us know in the comments below!